Cooking utensil.



C. L. MAcKENZIE.

COOKING U L. APPLICATION HLED v. 6, m4.

' Patented Jan 4,1916.

CLARA L. MACKENZIE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

COOKING UrEivsIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 6, 1914. Serial No. 870,593.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA L. MACKENZIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cooking Utensils,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cookingutensils, and the primary object of the invention is to provide acooking utensil of improved and novel construction which occupies butsmall space on the stove and which allows of the cooking of severaldifferent vegetables, in different baskets, at the same time, so as toallow the baskets to be independently inserted within or withdrawn fromthe main container.

A further object of the invention is toprovide an improved basketconstruction, which is strong and serviceable.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention complete.Fig. 2 is a sectional view of one of the baskets, taken on the line 22of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention a main container1 is employed which may be a pot or kettle having a handle 2. Within themain container there are a plurality of independent baskets 3, which maybe of any desired number and which are provided with hinged handles orbails I so as to enable the baskets to be independently removed from themain container when desired, or placed therein. The baskets are ofsegmental form so as to fit within the main container, as shown inFig.1, and in construction the baskets are formed as follows:

A series of vertical wires are hooked at their upper ends at 6 around atop wire 5 which defines the shape of the basket, while the lower endsof the wires are bent at substantially right angles to form bottommembers 7 which conjointly form the bottom of the basket. A wire 8extends around the vertical wires and is soldered thereto just above thebottom parts 7 of the vertical wires. A ring Copies of this patent maybe obtained for 9 is disposed at the central part of the bottom of thebasket andis engaged by the bottom parts 7 of the vertical wires bendingor hooking said parts 7 about the ring, whereby it will be seen thateach of the parts 7 is secured to the ring 9. The ring is slightlyelevated to compensate for the hooked or bent ends of the parts 7 sothat the ring will not interfere with a firm seating of the basketbottom on the bottom of the main container.

In use, thedifi'erent vegetables are placed Within the several baskets,following which the latter are placed within the main container. Thevegetables are thus kept separate within the main container andprevented from contacting with one another, while still allowing thewater to freely circulate from one basket to another.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A basket of segmental cross-section having a hingedhandle which is of inverted U-form connected at one end to the apex ofthe basket and at its opposite end to a peripheral point on the basketcentral of the sides of the basket, whereby a series of baskets may bearranged to have their pe- CLARA L. MAoKENZIE.

Witnesses ADAE. I-IAGEnTY, J. A. MILLER.

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Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

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